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1908 Carlisle Indians football team

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1908 Carlisle Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–2–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainWauseka
Home stadiumIndian Field
Seasons
← 1907
1909 →
1908 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn     11 0 1
Harvard     9 0 1
Cornell     7 1 1
Fordham     5 1 0
Yale     7 1 1
Dartmouth     6 1 1
Carlisle     10 2 1
Washington & Jefferson     10 2 1
Army     6 1 2
Pittsburgh     8 3 0
Lafayette     6 2 2
Princeton     5 2 3
Syracuse     6 3 1
Brown     5 3 1
Temple     3 2 1
Colgate     4 3 0
Lehigh     4 3 0
Dickinson     5 4 0
Amherst     3 3 2
Holy Cross     4 4 0
Penn State     5 5 0
Vermont     3 3 3
Wesleyan     3 4 2
Springfield Training School     3 4 1
NYU     2 3 2
Frankin & Marshall     4 6 1
Bucknell     3 5 2
Rutgers     3 5 1
Boston College     2 4 2
Carnegie Tech     3 7 0
Geneva     1 6 2
Tufts     1 6 1
Villanova     1 6 0
Drexel     0 7 0

The 1908 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School as an independent during the 1908 college football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Pop Warner, the Indians compiled a record of 10–2–1 and outscored opponents 222 to 55. Warner's team ran the single-wing on offense.

This team featured legendary back Jim Thorpe.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19Conway HallCarlisle, PAW 53–0[1]
September 23Lebanon ValleyCarlisle, PAW 39–0[2]
September 26Villanova
  • Indian Field
  • Carlisle, PA
W 10–0[3][4]
October 3vs. Penn StateWilkes-Barre, PAW 12–5>=6000[5][6]
October 10vs. SyracuseW 12–08,000[7][8]
October 24at PennT 6–625,000[9][10]
October 31at NavyW 16–6[11]
November 7at HarvardL 0–17> 25,000[12][13]
November 14at PittsburghW 6–07,000[14][15]
November 21at MinnesotaL 6–1115,000[16]
November 263:00 p.m.at Saint LouisW 17–0[17][18][19]
December 23:30 p.m.at Nebraska
W 37–62,000[20]
December 5at DenverDenver, COW 8–4[21][22]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  2. ^ "lebanon valley college football (1897)" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Indians Defeat Villanova, 10 To 1[sic]". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 27, 1908. p. 10b. Retrieved November 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Local gridiron history remembered: When Jim Thorpe came to town".
  6. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  7. ^ "1908-09 Football Schedule - Syracuse University Athletics".
  8. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  9. ^ "Indians Tie Old Penn in Grueling Football Battle". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 25, 1908. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  11. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  12. ^ "Harvard 17, Carlisle 0: Indians Outplayed From Start to Finish". The Boston Globe. November 8, 1908. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  14. ^ "Indians are held to Six Points by Pittsburgh Football Eleven". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. November 15, 1908. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  16. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  17. ^ "St. Louis University Tackles Indians At Sportsman's Park This Afternoon". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. November 26, 1908. p. 13. Retrieved January 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  18. ^ "Carlisle Team's Unity in Game Gave It Victory Over St. Louis Though the Latter Was Game". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 27, 1908. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  20. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  21. ^ "Carlisle Has Hard Time Defeating Denver University at Foot Ball: Indians Get Another Scalp". The Omaha Sunday Bee. December 6, 1908. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "PI-3-2-1908.pdf" (PDF).
  23. ^ "1908 Carlisle Indian Schedule and Results".